The Last Five Years

April 2, 2013 - April 28, 2013

Originally Produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell

Originally Produced by Northlight Theatre Chicago, IL

Director Aaron Posner

Music Director William Yanesh

Music Supervisor Jon Kalbfleisch

Set Design Daniel Conway

Costume Design Kathleen Geldard

Lighting Design Andrew F. Griffin

Sound Design Matt Rowe

Production Stage Manager Julie Meyer

From first date to final good-bye, The Last Five Years chronicles the highs and lows of modern marriage in an intimate, honest and richly moving musical portrait.

Through the course of 14 songs, rising novelist Jamie and struggling actress Cathy separately tell their own account of their five-year relationship. From the whimsical optimism of Jamie’s “Shiksa Goddess” to Cathy’s crushingly vulnerable “Still Hurting,” the young lovers explore their emotionally complex romance through beautifully haunting music and original, ingenious lyrics.

Directed by Washington’s own Aaron Posner, Jason Robert Brown’s (Parade, Songs for a New World) contemporary song cycle features an eclectic variety of music including pop, jazz, classical, folk and rock sung by Signature favorites James Gardiner (Chess, [title of show]) and Erin Weaver (Xanadu).

“Bittersweet and nearly perfect.” – Variety

“Mr. Brown’s score offers a mix of smart, conversational lyrics with a fetching array of pop-rock tunes and rhythms.” – The New York Times

The Critics are Raving about The Last Five Years

Performance run time is approximately 90 minutes.

Note: This show replaces the previously-announced production of Crimes of the Heart in Signature’s 2012/13 season.

Matt Rowe (Sound Design) SIGNATURE: Dreamgirls, Dying City, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Xanadu, God of Carnage, Brother Russia, Really Really, Hairspray (Helen Hayes nomination), A Second Chance, Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow, Side by Side by Sondheim, Art, And the Curtain Rises, Sunset Boulevard, Walter Cronkite is Dead., A Fox on the Fairway, Chess, Sycamore Trees, [title of show], Sweeney Todd, Show Boat, First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb, Dirty Blonde, Giant, The Little Dog Laughed, Les Misérables, Anyone Can Whistle in concert, The Visit, The Happy Time, Kiss of the Spider Woman,Glory Days, Merrily We Roll Along, The Witches of Eastwick. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: First You Dream (Associate Sound Designer), Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred!); Nobody’s Perfect. MetroStage: The Last Five Years.